Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-27492

High

Published: 23 September 2022

Published
23 September 2022
Modified
22 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0175 83.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-27492 is a high-severity Wrap or Wraparound (CWE-191) vulnerability in Whatsapp Whatsapp. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 17.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An integer underflow in WhatsApp could have caused remote code execution when receiving a crafted video file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

whatsapp
whatsapp
≤ 2.22.15.9 · ≤ 2.22.16.2

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References